… the classic Twelve Days of Christmas song sung by Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis. …
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Bob and Doug were hosts of a legendary bit on Second City Television (SCTV) , the Canadian poor man’s version of Saturday Night Live.
… Ironically, the most popular sketch was intended as throwaway filler. Bob & Doug McKenzie, the dim-witted, beer-chugging brothers in a recurring Canadian-themed sketch called Great White North, were initially developed by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas (Bob & Doug, respectively) as a sardonic response to the CBC network’s request that the show feature two minutes of “identifiably Canadian content” in every episode. …
Never have the CanCon rules so backfired. Many Americans assume ALL Canadian guys are either Bob or Doug.
To this day I still refer to my homeland as the Great White North.